April 19, 2011
Nationwide Earth Dinner Celebrates Local, Seasonal, and Organic
Robert Doyle READ TIME: 3 MIN.
BOSTON, MA - This year, Chefs Collaborative and 65 restaurants are partnering with Organic Valley to bring Earth Dinners, a series to raise awareness about local, sustainable and organic food, to the dining public.
Chefs across the country are taking the best Spring has to offer in an effort to raise funds for Chefs Collaborative, the leading nonprofit network of chefs and farmers that fosters a sustainable food system using the power of education, collaboration and responsible buying decisions. The Midwest dairy farmers of Organic Valley will match every dollar donated by each restaurant partner, up to $10,000.
Chefs Collaborative is a national chef network that's changing the sustainable food landscape using the power of connections, education and responsible buying decisions. Visit http://chefscollaborative.org/ for information on membership, events and programs. Chefs Collaborative is also on Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/Chefs-Collaborative/39000377226) and Twitter (@ChefsCollab).
"Chefs in cities and towns across the country have really stepped up to the plate to hold delicious dinners in celebration of Earth Day - and in particular, to put a spotlight on sustainable and organic choices," said Melissa Kogut, Executive Director of Chefs Collaborative.
"We really value our longstanding partnership with Organic Valley," added Kogut. Organic Valley is America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leading organic brands. Organized in 1988, it represents 1,617 farmers in 35 states and three Canadian provinces, and achieved $619 million in 2010 sales.
Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through organic farming, Organic Valley produces a variety of organic foods, including organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice, which are sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and food cooperatives nationwide.
The same farmers who produce for Organic Valley also produce a full range of delicious organic meat under the Organic Prairie label. For further information, call 1-888-444-MILK or visit http://www.organicvalley.coop/ and the cooperative's farmer website, http://www.farmers.coop/. Organic Valley is also on Twitter @OrganicValley and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/OrganicValley.
Visit http://chefscollaborative.org/events/earth-dinners/2011-earth-dinner-participants/ to find an Earth dinner in your city, and join Earth Dinner on Facebook to share in the conversation about food, farming and our connection to the Earth.
Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.
